30TH GENERATION

2530. Robert DENTON was born in 1770 in Hardy County, West Virginia. He died in 1840. He was a Captain of Militia in the Rolling Fork Precinct (Lincoln/Casey Co., KY). Robert and his wife were seperated by 1820, Robert was recorded alone in Madison Co., OH while Ruth was in the household of their son, James.

Robert and Ruth were in the 1800 and 1810 census in Lincoln/Casey CO, KY.

Robert married Hannah Prichard in 1829 and they were in the 1830 census in Pickaway CO, OH. By 1840 they were in Madison CO, OH.

After 1827, it is believed that Ruth and her children except Elizabeth moved to Fountain CO, IN.

He was married to Ruth CLAYPOOL in 1789. He was divorced from Ruth CLAYPOOL in 1820. Ruth CLAYPOOL was born on 21 Jul 1766. She died in 1850. Robert DENTON and Ruth CLAYPOOL had the following children:

3305 i. Isaac DENTON was born in 1804.
3306 ii. Mary DENTON was born in 1790 in TN. She died in Nov 1850 in Fountain County, Indiana. Pioneer Indiana Ancestors of Richard Jerome Hoke,by Bessie Reeves Hoke.
3307 iii. Margaret "Peggy" DENTON was born on 31 Mar 1790. She died on 8 Apr 1843 in Fountain County, Indiana.
3308 iv. James Claypool DENTON was born on 13 Jul 1792.
3309 v. Tirzah "Tersey" DENTON was born in 1796.
3310 vi. Elizabeth DENTON was born on 3 Jun 1799 in Casey CO, KY. She died on 18 Apr 1855 in Menard County, Illinois.
3311 vii. Rhoda DENTON was born in 1801.

He was married to Hannah PRITCHARD on 4 Dec 1829.

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